The Federal Union of European Nationalities (FUEN) is an international non-governmental organization (NGO) established in 1949 in conjunction with the formation of the
Council of Europe. As of 2019, there were 103 member organizations representing ethnic, linguistic and national minorities within Europe. FUEN has been instrumental in encouraging the Council of Europe to adopt the
European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages
The European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages (ECRML) is a European treaty (CETS 148) adopted in 1992 under the auspices of the Council of Europe to protect and promote historical regional and minority languages in Europe. However, th ...
and the
Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities
The Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities (FCNM) is a multilateral treaty of the Council of Europe aimed at protecting the rights of minorities. It came into effect in 1998 and by 2009 it had been ratified by 39 member ...
. FUEN was organized to give expression to European cultures and languages that do not possess form as a nation-state. One in seven Europeans are members of such minorities and fifty-three languages are spoken in Europe by such minorities.
Its predecessor was the pre-war European Congress of Nations (german: Europäischer Nationalitätenkongress) founded by
Ewald Ammende. The Congress published a journal "Nation und Staat" (1927–1944).
It publishes the bimonthly magazine ''Europa ethnica'', and organises the
Europeada association football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...
tournament. It is based in
Flensburg, Germany.
Its president is
Lóránt Vincze
Lóránt Vincze (born 3 November 1977) is a Romanian politician currently serving as a Member of the European Parliament for the Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania.
Vincze belongs to the Hungarian minority in Romania, and serves also as ...
,
Hungarian from Romania and MEP.
The FUEN Presidium 2019-2022
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See also
*Minority SafePack
Minority SafePack – one million signatures for diversity in Europe is an ongoing European Citizens' Initiative on minority rights in the EU, sponsored by FUEN.
Content
The proposals registered by the European Commission were summarised as foll ...
*Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization
The Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization, or simply UNPO is an international organization established to facilitate the voices of unrepresented and marginalised nations and peoples worldwide. It was formed on 11 February 1991 in The Ha ...
*European Centre for Minority Issues
The European Centre for Minority Issues (ECMI) is a research institute based in Flensburg, Germany, that conducts research into minority-majority relations in Europe. ECMI is a non-partisan and interdisciplinary institution. It is a non-profit, in ...
*European Bureau for Lesser-Used Languages The European Bureau for Lesser-Used Languages (EBLUL) was a non-governmental organisation that was set up to promote linguistic diversity and languages. It was founded in 1982 and discontinued in 2010. The organisation had close ties with both the E ...
References
External links
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International organizations based in Europe
Stateless nationalism in Europe
Ethnic minorities
Organizations established in 1949
Non-profit organisations based in Schleswig-Holstein
Minority rights activists